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Paul returns home to give back
December 17, 2012 | Alumni, Athletics, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Chris Paul (’07), a former Wake Forest basketball star who now plays for the L.A. Clippers, wasn’t dressed as Santa Claus, but for the children eagerly anticipating his arrival at Toys R Us in Winston-Salem last week, he was as welcome as the real thing.
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American Indian voices
November 30, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, Alumni, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Part of the Lumbee Indian Tribe, Dr. James Jones was the first American Indian to graduate from Wake Forest and the first to attend the University’s medical school. He and two others, Lonnie Revels and Lucretia Hicks, were honored for their pivotal roles in bringing greater awareness and inclusion of American Indian students.
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Performance meets liberal arts at IPLACe
November 5, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Arts, 2012 Highlights: Humanities, Alumni, Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
The new Interdisciplinary Performance and the Liberal Arts Center (IPLACe) will inspire new ideas and build new connections between the performing arts and other academic departments across the University.
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Under the ‘Big Tent’
October 29, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community, Engaging in the Arts, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The “Big Tent,” a public art project conceived by Wake Forest art professor David Finn, provided a safe space for students at Mt. Tabor High School to talk openly about ethnic and cultural differences.
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On the shoulders of giants
October 22, 2012 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories, University Announcement
With great sadness and appreciation, Wake Forest acknowledges the passing of two giants in the University’s history: Weston Hatfield (’41) and Michael Farrell (P ’10). While these extraordinary leaders from different backgrounds and different eras may not have met, they shared a love for Wake Forest. Through their gifts and talents, each leaves an important and long-lasting legacy.
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Infectious mentoring
October 10, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Alumni, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
More than 30 of Ray Kuhn’s former students, plus their spouses or significant others, gathered in Clemmons last month to celebrate their mentor’s 70th birthday and their shared experiences as his research partners. Kuhn’s work as a mentor has grown a close-knit group that spans generations.
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Hit The Bricks turns 10
October 3, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Life on Campus, Alumni, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Staff, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories
When Hit the Bricks began in 2002, it raised about $3,000 and had only a handful of teams participate. Last year, the competition raised more than $26,000 and had 89 teams enroll. This year, a new record of 93 teams ran laps to support the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive.
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Historic Homecoming
September 26, 2012 | Alumni, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
For Edward Reynolds (’64), coming home to Wake Forest meant a standing ovation from more than 500 people in Brendle Recital Hall and emotional reunions with many of the students, faculty and administrators who helped him when he enrolled as the first black undergraduate student at Wake Forest 50 years ago.
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Gift champions wellness
September 21, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: University News, Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, University Announcement
Ben Sutton Jr. has given Wake Forest a leadership gift that will renovate and expand Reynolds Gym, creating a facility with more than 250,000 square feet of space dedicated to fitness and well-being. The facility will bring the elements of campus life, student health, academics, student recreation and NCAA Division I athletics under one roof.
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Faces of Courage: Ed Reynolds
September 14, 2012 | Alumni, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
In September 1962, a Ghana native named Ed Reynolds (’64) became the first black full-time undergraduate to attend Wake Forest. Fifty years later, Reynolds comes come back to campus to mark the anniversary of the integration of Wake Forest as part of “Faces of Courage: Celebrating 50 Years of Integration.”
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